Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-29
out clear. and We both woke up. scared.

My wife thought it was the burglar
alarm, and she tried to climb over me
to get to the indicator to see what part
Of the house the burglar was trying to
get in. You see we have had that
burglar alarm set for seven years, every
night, and it has never rung, and it
was no wonder my wife was anxious to
find out where the burglar was. She
felt as though our long and patient
waiting for a burglar was about to be
rewarded, and that we were going to
realize on our outlay for the burglar
alarm, so she was climbing over me,
when | concluded it was the telephone
bell, and I was going to climb out on
her side, and we collided. She went
out over the foot board and struck her
knee pan against the top of it, and
screamed murder" .~...... .........
The train dispatcner's young man
excused himself and said he would
have to get off, and so the old, kicker
turned to the only girl that was left,
and who works in box factory and
continued: ..., .... 1884,.
*'My wife thought she had been
shot in the knee by a burglar, and af-
ter looking at the indicator she went
back to bed, and I visited the tele-
phone. A bass voice answered me,
and said there was a message for me.
I was a little nervous, because
thought a message at that time of night
meant that somebody was dead, but
I had courage to listen, and I told the
telephone man to go ahead"
| The box factory girl rung the bell,
and got off the car at her corner, and
the old kicker looked mad, but he
turned to a big whiskered man with q
tin pail of lunch, who sat sleepily in
the opposite corner of the car and
touched him on the knee with his cane
and proceeded.
| 1.-The telephone man read the mes
sage, Send carriage to six o'clock
train, and then I was hot. I said
excuse me, but amt this message 6
trit1e late,' and he>said, II don't know
as it u.s. and I told him it seemed to me
that since the train alluded to had ar.
rived seven hours previously, it was
not absolutely necessary to wake 8
family out of a sound sleep, at mid
sight, when the message would KEEP
all morning, and cause a woman tt
sprain her knee trying to catch thu
burglar alarm, but the telephone mar
said he didn't know but it might be in
teresting to know that the dispatch hae
arrived, and he wanted something to de
to keep him awake, so he had called
me up. Then stood there in my
night-shirt and for half an hourI gave
that telephone man, who wanted some
thing to keep him awake, my opinion
OF the telegraph, and worked in 1
good deal about the telephone monopo
ly, that didn't set very we'll on hi
stomach, I guess, for after I go
through talking I said Hello but h
was not listening to me, as I guess h
turned himself off, and let me tall
alone.
Any way my wife called to me to ge
the camphor to rub on her knee, ant
the fact of the matter is we didn't slee]
. another wink all mig ht. Don't yol
think it was shame and an outrage?'
to the big whiskered man with tn
lunch, who had pulled the strap to &c
off,
"Vos?'' said the big whiskered man
as he got up to get of.
II say, don't you think it was
shan1e?''
'*Nix, farstay,'' said the man, as h
alighted, and it dawned upon the oil
kicker that he had been telling his stor.
to a man who did not understand
word Of English
"Condemned impudent and ignoran
and impolite lot of passengers ride OF
these cars,' said the old kicker as b
prepared to get out at the next corner
Col. F.. c. Walker. Trottinp EditO